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issue in deleting a directory in linux system

how to delete an empty  directory in linux system.. provided rmdir <dir> is not working.. error message
” directory not empty” is displayed.

 

2 Responses to issue in deleting a directory in linux system

  1. hemant.kumar says:

    first of all you have to delete all the contents present with in the directory then you can delete by using rmdir

    • Yashvardhan says:

      rm -rf

      that means delete anything recursively..forcefully…but use it very carefully as it wont give you second chance to enter Y/N

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